MORT KÜNSTLER, BY VIRTUE OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY TALENT, had some of the best illustration assignments I have ever seen. That is, if you like campy illustrations like this. You have to admit, war in the eyes of these men’s magazine editors and writers was more about smuggling hot babes onto submarines than fighting the enemy. With titles like “Sweet Lips Cove” and “The Sex and Rest Castle,” it was a hellava day at the easel.

The early work of Mort Künstler and other top illustrators came up for auction at the 2010 May Signature Illustration Art Auction in Beverly Hills, CA(Auction #7015). You can see the art of Mr. Künstler and numerous others here.